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arXiv:0804.0206

A Proposal of Testing Imaginary Time in a Total Reflection

Zhong Chao Wu

Published Apr 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

All paradoxes concerning faster-than-light signal propagation reported in recent experiments can be dispelled by using imaginary time in a quantum framework. I present a proposal of testing imaginary time in a total reflection.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.0804.0206

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